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New York Attorney General Sues MERS And Leading Mortgage Lenders http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10870 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:52:32 -0500 CMBS Delinquency Rate Down In January http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10869 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:20:12 -0500 Clopton Capital Expands Into Hotel Financing http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10866 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:14:06 -0500 CoreLogic: Home Prices Down 4.7% In 2011 http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10865 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:12:46 -0500 New Tool Standardizes Appraisals For Solar-Powered Properties http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10864 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:10:07 -0500 Illinois Attorney General Sues NTC http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10863 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:08:00 -0500 Museum Of Modern Art Offers Exhibit On Foreclosure New endeavor combines architectural design with a consideration of the socioeconomic forces behind the distressed housing markets. http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10862 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:06:05 -0500 Getting A Handle On Complex Financial Institutions http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10860 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:09:28 -0500 Lien On Me: A Treatment of HOA Assessments http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10861 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Citigroup To Cease Using Mortgage Brokers http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10867 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Senate Takes Aim At GSE Executive Bonuses http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10868 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Boehner On Refi Plan: Bad Idea, Obama! http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10856 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:09:00 -0500 Freddie Mac Scored $20.3B In Multifamily Volume In 2011 http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10859 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:08:34 -0500 Arbor Commercial Mortgage Promotes John Caulfied To COO http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10858 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:52:06 -0500 CMBS Conduit Loan Losses Up In January http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10855 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:45:32 -0500 SEC Files Fraud Charges Against Former Credit Suisse Executives http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10854 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:44:01 -0500 USDA Announces Pilot Program For Rural Mortgage Refinancing http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10853 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:41:40 -0500 How To Manage The Media At Crisis Time http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10852 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:01:18 -0500 TSAHC Receives $100K Foreclosure Prevention Grant http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10857 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Obama Unveils Mortgage Refinance Endeavors http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10851 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:46:22 -0500 Census Data: U.S. Homeownership At 66% http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10850 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:15:31 -0500 Queen Strips RBS Ex-CEO Of Knighthood http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10849 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:13:28 -0500 MBA: Mortgage Applications Down 2.9% http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10848 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:09:28 -0500 LPS: Average U.S. Home Price At $199,000 http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10847 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:07:59 -0500 FHFA Launches REO Initiative http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10846 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:05:39 -0500 Cordray Receives Chilly Welcome From Senate GOP http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10845 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:03:44 -0500 Orion Financial Group Expands Into Secondary Market http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10844 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:01:27 -0500 IndiSoft Upgrades RxOffice Premium Counselor Edition http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10842 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:54:20 -0500 Phoenix Consulting LLC Expands Services Offering http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10841 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:53:28 -0500 Hidden HOA Fees Loom Large In Loss Mitigation http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10840 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Can Commercial Real Estate Data Forecast A Super Bowl Winner? Jones Lang LaSalle has used an office vacancy analysis to predict a New England Patriots victory this Sunday. http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10843 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 FHFA, White House Downplay Report Of Freddie Mac Betting Against Refis http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10839 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:52:17 -0500 LPS Seeks Dismissal Of Nevada AG Complaint http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10838 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:49:42 -0500 HUD Introduces Rule Prohibiting LGBT Housing Discrimination http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10837 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:49:12 -0500 Rep. DeLauro Introduces Mortgage Servicing Standards Legislation http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10836 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:43:33 -0500 Housing Trade Groups Protest Proposed G-Fee Increase http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10835 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:41:58 -0500 S&P/Case-Shiller: Home Prices Down In November http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10834 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:39:40 -0500 Report: Big Revenue Potential In Building Energy Management Systems http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10833 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:38:46 -0500 Chesapeake Lodging Trust Buys Second NYC Hotel http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10832 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:34:47 -0500 Russian Commercial Real Estate Investment Up 70% In 2011 http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10831 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:33:06 -0500 FHA Offers Webinar On Energy-Efficient Mortgages http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10829 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:29:00 -0500 New VP At FHLBank Atlanta http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10828 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:27:35 -0500 Dr. Steven Yates: Did Alexander Hamilton Launch Today's Economic Crisis? http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10827 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Fitch Publishes Fiscal 2011 Report On State Housing Finance Agencies http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10830 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Architect Trade Group: 2.1% Construction Spending Increase For 2012 http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10826 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:48:05 -0500 News Report: Freddie Mac Bet Against Homeowner Refinancings http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10825 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:47:50 -0500 Maryland Court Throws Out Robo-Signing Case http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10822 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:39:30 -0500 White House Announces HAMP Revisions http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10823 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:39:02 -0500 Gallup Poll: Government Input Sought In Foreclosure Crisis http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10821 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Is The Justice Department Incompetent? BLOG VIEW: Columnist Phil Hall questions Attorney General Eric Holder's refusal to pursue alleged GSE and SCRA problems and his election-year probe of the RMBS sector. http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10820 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Credit Union, Four Banks Shut Down http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10824 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Justice Unit Probe Of Financial Institutions Is Launched http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10819 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:53:36 -0500 LPS: Foreclosure Levels Down 40% In 2011 http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10818 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:21:38 -0500 Chubb Corp. Announces $1.2B Share Repurchase Program http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10817 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:19:43 -0500 Home Sales Down 6.2% In 2011 http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10816 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:17:13 -0500 USGBC To Receive AAF Keystone Award http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10814 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:12:47 -0500 The MBA Considers The Private Mortgage Market Investment Act WORD ON THE STREET: The head of the industry's leading trade group details the impact of the proposed legislation. http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10812 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 How Code Enforcement Officials Can Impact Servicers With the right relationship, the code enforcement official will emerge as the servicer's hero instead of as a hindrance. http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10813 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Sen. Wicker Boycotts CFPB Hearing In Protest Of Cordray Appointment http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10815 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Wolters Kluwer Enhances CRA, Fair Lending Solutions http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10811 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:56:38 -0500 CMG Mortgage Insurance Names New SVP/GM http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10809 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:53:05 -0500 HUD Returns Detroit Housing Commission Control To City http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10807 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:49:28 -0500 Geithner: Obama Does Not Want Me For Second Term http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10806 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:47:45 -0500 ICBA Releases Dodd-Frank Guide For Community Banks http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10804 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:44:07 -0500 Wells Fargo Launches $23M Homeownership Programs http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10803 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:42:54 -0500 American Enterprise Institute Debuts FHA Watch http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10801 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:41:21 -0500 Czech Mortgage Market Up 40% In 2011 http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10802 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:39:52 -0500 HUD's Role In The Manufactured-Housing Sector http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10799 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:00:59 -0500 Deal Or No Deal? Proposed Foreclosure Settlement Starting To Fray The attorneys general for California and Delaware reject the $25 billion proposal, while JPMorgan Chase's CEO predicts a new White House probe of the banking industry will "derail" the settlement. http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10800 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 C-III Completes NAI Global Acquisition http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10805 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Illinois Attorney General Sues S&P http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10808 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 ALFN Chief Resigns http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10810 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 30 Cities Hold 50% Of Global Commercial Real Estate Investment http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10798 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:45:04 -0500 Report: TARP-Aided Bank Execs Reaped Big Bucks During Bailout http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10797 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:42:45 -0500 MoveOn.org: Proposed Foreclosure Settlement Stinks http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10796 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:39:32 -0500 New Research Predicts Realized RMBS Losses Will Increase http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10795 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:36:21 -0500 Interthinx: Data Problems Dominate Outsourced Quality-Control Woes http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10794 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:33:16 -0500 Mortgage Applications Drop 5% http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10791 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:25:38 -0500 New Wholesale Lending VP At TMS Funding http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10789 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:24:03 -0500 Milliman Inc. Creates ERM Think Tank http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10790 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:23:36 -0500 A Due-Diligence Primer For Selecting Tech Vendors http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10787 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:35:03 -0500 Obama Seeks To Expand Federal Housing Outreach State of the Union speech proposals include new mortgage refinance program and "Financial Crimes Unit," but avoids mention of GSE reform and the pending foreclosure settlement agreement. http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10788 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Former Fannie Mae CEO Resigns From Hedge Fund Post http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10792 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 December Pending Home Sales Down 3.5% http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10793 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 DeMarco: GSE Mortgage Writedowns Would Cost $100B http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10784 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:32:11 -0500 American Guild Of Appraisers Files FOIA Request With Fed http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10786 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:30:51 -0500 FDIC Reports First Bank Failures Of 2012 http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10783 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:23:25 -0500 Morgan Stanley Sued For RMBS Fraud http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10782 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:21:43 -0500 LendingQB Debuts Mobile LOS Apps http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10778 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:14:55 -0500 CFPB, FTC Sign Coordination Agreement http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10777 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:14:16 -0500 Suzanne Ball Takes On The Property Maintenance Challenge http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10775 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:51:09 -0500 House Judiciary Committee To Hold Hearing On CFPB Recess Appointment Committee chairman Rep. Lamar Smith calls the Jan. 4 recess appointment of Richard Cordray "unprecedented and possibly unconstitutional." http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10776 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Israel's Leumi Mortgage To Merge With Parent Company http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10779 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Bixby Land Co. Buys San Diego-Area Technology Park http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10780 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 ICBA Names 2012-2013 Executive Committee http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10781 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Foreclosure Settlement Talks Produce Draft Agreement http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10785 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Feds Reportedly Investigating WMC Mortgage For Fraud http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10773 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:11:55 -0500 NYC Commercial Real Estate Sales Up 32% In 2011 http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10772 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:09:14 -0500 FHA Seeks To Strengthen Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10770 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:05:23 -0500 MISMO 3.2.0 Residential Specifications Open For Comment http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10769 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:03:03 -0500 First Niagara Sells 27 More Branches http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10768 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:02:00 -0500 Five Questions For Richard Cordray http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10767 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:38:28 -0500 Lyle Lasky Joins First Guaranty Mortgage Corp. As AVP http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10771 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Moody's: CMBS Delinquency Rates Continue To Rise December 2011 was the 12th consecutive month that U.S. CMBS delinquencies have been above 9%. http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10774 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 December Existing-Home Sales Up 5% http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10765 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:50:24 -0500 Credit Suisse Buys $7.014B In Maiden Lane II Portfolio http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10763 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:26:03 -0500 Hells Angels Leader Sentenced In Marijuana Mortgage Fraud Case http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10760 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:19:53 -0500 Washington Times: Cordray Appointment 'Lawless' http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10759 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:17:31 -0500 CampusMBA Extends Online Workshops For Commercial, Multifamily Lenders http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10758 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:14:19 -0500 FHLBank Cincinnati Chief Announces Retirement http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10757 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:11:16 -0500 The Challenges Of Implementing The Dodd-Frank Act http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10755 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 European Commercial Real Estate Posts $148B In Deals During 2011 Strong fourth quarter activity in France, Scandinavia and the Benelux region help boost the continent's commercial property markets in a 4% increase over 2010's transaction level. http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10756 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Clopton Capital To Debut Commercial Mortgage Videos On YouTube http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10761 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Mortgage Complaints Quadruple At Massachusetts AG's Office http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10762 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Quicken Loans In Top 10 Of Fortune Magazine's 'Best Companies To Work For' http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10764 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Smaller Lenders Eyeball Larger Share Of Origination Space As the nation's major banks realign their lending operations, new lending leaders emerge. http://www.mortgageorb.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10766 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500